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From Damascus, where the fabric was originally made.
Pronunciation
Noun
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Singular damask |
Plural damasks |
damask (plural damasks)
- An ornate silk fabric originating from Damascus.
- True damasks are pure silk.
- 1836, Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers
- […] but what struck Tom's fancy most was a strange, grim-looking, high backed chair, carved in the most fantastic manner, with a flowered damask cushion, and the round knobs at the bottom of the legs carefully tied up in red cloth, as if it had got the gout in its toes.
- A damask rose.
- (color/colour) A grayish-pink color, like that of the damask rose.
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damask colour:
- 1849, Charles Dickens, David Copperfield
- Thursday. D. certainly improved. Better night. Slight tinge of damask revisiting cheek.
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Adjective
damask
- (color/colour) of a grayish-pink color, like that of the damask rose.
- 1973, Stephen Sondheim, Sweeney Todd
- My cage has many rooms / Damask and dark / Nothing there sings, / Not even my lark.
- 1973, Stephen Sondheim, Sweeney Todd
Quotations
- 1602: But let concealment, like a worm i' the bud, / Feed on her damask cheek — William Shakespeare, Twlefth Night
- 1849: They had a lurking suspicion even, that he died of secret love; though I must say there was a picture of him in the house with a damask nose, which concealment did not appear to have ever preyed upon. — Charles Dickens, David Copperfield
Translations
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Derived terms
- damascene
- damask rose
- damask steel
See also
- dornick
- kincob
- lampas
- Appendix:Colours
Danish
Etymology
From Italian damasco (“‘damask’”).
Pronunciation
- IPA: /damask/, [ˈd̥amasɡ̊]
Noun
damask n. (singular definite damasket, not used in plural form)
External links
- Damask on the Danish Wikipedia.da.Wikipedia
Swedish
Noun
| Inflection for damask | Singular | Plural | ||
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| common | Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite |
| Base form | damask | damasken | damasker | damaskerna |
| Possessive form | damasks | damaskens | damaskers | damaskernas |
damask c.
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